Adventist

[ ad-ven-tist, ad-ven- ]

/ ˈæd vɛn tɪst, ædˈvɛn- /

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noun

Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

adjective

of or relating to Adventists.

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Origin of Adventist

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM Adventist

Ad·vent·ism, noun

Words nearby Adventist

advect, advection, advection fog, advent, Advent calendar, Adventist, adventitia, adventitious, adventitious root, adventive, Advent Sunday

How to use Adventist in a sentence

As long as the official Seventh-day Adventist teachings on gender and sexuality remain the same, campuses like Andrews will never be a completely safe environment for LGBTQ people.
Most Christian Colleges Will Never Be a Safe Space For LGBTQ Students. But They Must Still Do Better To Affirm and Support Us|Eliel Cruz|July 1, 2021|Time
His race made national news a few weeks ago due to the fact that an Adventist college distributed openly anti-LGBTQ text to its students.
Elections in Chile: LGBTQ candidates make their mark|Esteban Guzmán|May 21, 2021|Washington Blade
The daughter of 7th Day Adventist missionaries, Heidi Nelson was raised with the expectation that she would do well.
House of Cruz: the Making of Ted Cruz|Michelle Cottle|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, the official Seventh-Day Adventist Church has distanced itself from Hudson.
Is Christopher Hudson Behind Angus Jones’s ‘Two and a Half Men’ Attack?|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Here two Second Adventist preachers, a Mr. Chapman and his wife, were holding forth.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler|Pardee Butler
Thus the difference between the social revolutionist and the Second Adventist is much smaller than either of them suspects.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
His maternal grandfather was an Adventist, with the touch of mysticism that word implies.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various
The verse has the accent of a Second Adventist a century later.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The rather puzzling exception he explained by saying that he was a Seventh-day Adventist.
Virginia: The Old Dominion|Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins

British Dictionary definitions for Adventist

Adventist

/ (ˈædvɛntɪst, ˈædvən-) /

noun

a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

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